January of 2016

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Construction of Pemagatshel dzong to progress full swing

Pemagatshel dzong

Jan 22, 2016 2 mins read 395 views
Gelephu: thromde election and security issues

Letter to the editor

Jan 22, 2016 1 mins read 367 views
Beauty of empowering young minds

Editorial

Jan 22, 2016 2 mins read 326 views
Suspect confesses to murder

Crime

Jan 22, 2016 1 mins read 365 views
Drukair dismisses poor safety rating

Aviation

Jan 22, 2016 3 mins read 445 views
Consensual sex provision to be revisited

Legislation

Jan 22, 2016 4 mins read 323 views
Former Phuentsholing thrompon disqualified

Election

Jan 22, 2016 2 mins read 341 views
Thromde elections

Election

Jan 22, 2016 0 mins read 550 views
TT tournament sees large participation

Table Tennis

Jan 21, 2016 1 mins read 324 views
Kushuthara's lead Cooper shoots new film in Bhutan

Film

Jan 21, 2016 1 mins read 329 views
People find BNCA strategies confounding and unfair

Tobacco

Jan 21, 2016 3 mins read 380 views
How do animals end up free ranging in the city?

Thromde

Jan 21, 2016 1 mins read 333 views
57 taxi drivers miss deadline to avail permit

Transport

Jan 21, 2016 2 mins read 322 views
Areas where govt. can intervene to address unemployment

Letter to the editor

Jan 21, 2016 1 mins read 374 views
The onus is on the user

Editorial

Jan 21, 2016 2 mins read 348 views
His Majesty meets DeSuung trainees

DeSuung

Jan 21, 2016 1 mins read 337 views
Thimphu Court to have specialized benches

Judiciary

Jan 21, 2016 2 mins read 344 views
Cabinet approves social media policy

Media

Jan 21, 2016 3 mins read 328 views
Prosecution of former regional director starts

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Jan 21, 2016 4 mins read 333 views
Republic Day

Republic Day

Jan 21, 2016 0 mins read 0 views
All schools to introduce archery programme by 2020

Archery

Jan 20, 2016 1 mins read 359 views
Internet, fixed line phone services improve in Bumthang

ICT

Jan 20, 2016 1 mins read 366 views
Social media health advice hook netizens

Health

Jan 20, 2016 2 mins read 473 views
What is the magic in delivering quality constructions?

Letter to the editor

Jan 20, 2016 1 mins read 348 views
All for one

Editorial

Jan 20, 2016 2 mins read 364 views
Gola Bazaar residents on verge of transforming their town

Township

Jan 20, 2016 3 mins read 429 views
Gelephu voters want security

Election

Jan 20, 2016 2 mins read 332 views
Rivers still alive despite threats from settlements

Water

Jan 20, 2016 3 mins read 339 views
Parts of Bhutan received long-awaited snowfall

Snowfall

Jan 20, 2016 2 mins read 431 views
PM to inaugurate wind power project

Inauguration

Jan 20, 2016 0 mins read 338 views
Lone thrompon candidate attends public debate

Election

Jan 19, 2016 2 mins read 362 views
Bangladeshi firm to build government's e-procurement system

ICT

Jan 19, 2016 2 mins read 373 views
200 farm shops to be up and running by 2018

Farm shops

Jan 19, 2016 2 mins read 357 views
Policy drafted to strengthen RNR marketing

Agriculture

Jan 19, 2016 3 mins read 381 views
Samtse pleads for artificial turf

Letter to the editor

Jan 19, 2016 1 mins read 357 views
Reading is not about stats

Editorial

Jan 19, 2016 3 mins read 420 views
Police arrests taxi driver for trafficking drugs

Crime

Jan 19, 2016 1 mins read 381 views
Reducing alcohol import will require curbing local demand

Alcohol policy

Jan 19, 2016 1 mins read 363 views
Bhutan-Japan friendship offer launched

Tourism

Jan 19, 2016 3 mins read 346 views
Don't get bogged down by party politics: PM

PM visits

Jan 19, 2016 3 mins read 324 views
Inguration

Inguration

Jan 19, 2016 0 mins read 305 views
Rain and snow in next 48 hours

Hydromet services

Jan 18, 2016 0 mins read 347 views
Irregular bus timing irks commuters

Transport

Jan 18, 2016 2 mins read 321 views
Paro children's park to open tomorrow

Recreation

Jan 18, 2016 2 mins read 347 views
Prayer flags around Mebartsho removed for safety

Safety

Jan 18, 2016 1 mins read 321 views
Yurung farmers: we want additional power tillers

PM visits

Jan 18, 2016 1 mins read 348 views
It's time for the labour ministry to act than defend

Letter to the editor

Jan 18, 2016 2 mins read 321 views
More than a garbage problem

Editorial

Jan 18, 2016 2 mins read 350 views
Man stabbed to death

Crime

Jan 18, 2016 0 mins read 0 views
Bhutan Telecom introducing WiFi hotspots

Bhutan Telecom (BT)

Jan 18, 2016 3 mins read 489 views
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